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Article #2107Re: Buck Rogers (80s series)
From: Dimensional Traveler
Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2011 05:35
Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2011 05:35
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On 12/3/2011 1:02 PM, Your Name wrote: > "Zeb Carter"<zeb_car...@ymail.com> wrote in message >> >> Buck Rogers in the 25th Century with Gil Gerard and Erin Gray would >> probably fall into that category. The theatrical release of the movie was >> good but the series went downhill after season 1. > > It suffered from the same stupid management decisions as Battlestar > Galactica - in fact it was probably the same stupid management people. > Both shows completely "jumped the shark" for their second season with lots > of idiotic changes, which unsurprisingly failed spectacularly and were > then cancelled. :-( The problem I see with that theory is that the kind of radical changes you are talking about are usually the result of bad ratings. Networks or production companies demand them in an attempt to save an already failing show. Such changes rarely work though and fans tend to blame the changes for the show's cancellation rather than seeing them as attempts to stave off cancellation.
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